com.trolltech.qt.gui
Class QPicture

java.lang.Object
  com.trolltech.qt.internal.QSignalEmitterInternal
      com.trolltech.qt.QSignalEmitter
          com.trolltech.qt.QtJambiObject
              com.trolltech.qt.gui.QPicture

All Implemented Interfaces:

QPaintDeviceInterface, QtJambiInterface, java.lang.Cloneable

public class QPicture
extends QtJambiObject
implements QPaintDeviceInterface, java.lang.Cloneable

The QPicture class is a paint device that records and replays QPainter commands. A picture serializes painter commands to an IO device in a platform-independent format. They are sometimes referred to as meta-files.

Qt pictures use a proprietary binary format. Unlike native picture (meta-file) formats on many window systems, Qt pictures have no limitations regarding their contents. Everything that can be painted on a widget or pixmap (e.g., fonts, pixmaps, regions, transformed graphics, etc.) can also be stored in a picture.

QPicture is resolution independent, i.e. a QPicture can be displayed on different devices (for example svg, pdf, ps, printer and screen) looking the same. This is, for instance, needed for WYSIWYG print preview. QPicture runs in the default system dpi, and scales the painter to match differences in resolution depending on the window system.

Example of how to record a picture:

            QPicture picture = new QPicture();
            QPainter painter = new QPainter();
            painter.begin(picture);           // paint in picture
            painter.drawEllipse(10,20, 80,70); // draw an ellipse
            painter.end();                     // painting done
            picture.save("drawing.pic");       // save picture
    

Note that the list of painter commands is reset on each call to the QPainter::begin() function.

Example of how to replay a picture:

            QPicture picture = new QPicture();
            picture.load("drawing.pic");           // load picture
            QPainter painter = new QPainter();
            painter.begin(myWidget);              // paint in myWidget
            painter.drawPicture(0, 0, picture);    // draw the picture at (0,0)
            painter.end();                         // painting done
    

Pictures can also be drawn using play(). Some basic data about a picture is available, for example, size(), isNull() and boundingRect().

See also:

QMovie.

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class com.trolltech.qt.QSignalEmitter

QSignalEmitter.AbstractSignal, QSignalEmitter.Signal0, QSignalEmitter.Signal1, QSignalEmitter.Signal2, QSignalEmitter.Signal3, QSignalEmitter.Signal4, QSignalEmitter.Signal5, QSignalEmitter.Signal6, QSignalEmitter.Signal7, QSignalEmitter.Signal8, QSignalEmitter.Signal9

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class com.trolltech.qt.internal.QSignalEmitterInternal

com.trolltech.qt.internal.QSignalEmitterInternal.AbstractSignalInternal

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class com.trolltech.qt.internal.QSignalEmitterInternal

currentSender

Constructor Summary

QPicture()
Constructs an empty picture.

QPicture(int formatVersion)
Constructs an empty picture.

QPicture(QPicture arg__1)
Constructs a copy of pic.

Method Summary

QRect	boundingRect() Returns the picture's bounding rectangle or an invalid rectangle if the picture contains no data.
QPicture	clone() This method is reimplemented for internal reasons
byte[]	data() Returns the picture data.
int	depth() Returns the bit depth (number of bit planes) of the paint device.
int	height() Returns the height of the paint device in default coordinate system units (e.
int	heightMM() Returns the height of the paint device in millimeters.
boolean	isNull() Returns true if the picture contains no data; otherwise returns false.
boolean	load(QIODevice dev) This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience.
boolean	load(java.lang.String fileName) Loads a picture from the file specified by fileName and returns true if successful; otherwise returns false.
int	logicalDpiX() Returns the horizontal resolution of the device in dots per inch, which is used when computing font sizes.
int	logicalDpiY() Returns the vertical resolution of the device in dots per inch, which is used when computing font sizes.
int	metric(QPaintDevice.PaintDeviceMetric m) Returns the metric information for the given paint device metric.
int	numColors() Returns the number of different colors available for the paint device.
QPaintEngine	paintEngine() Returns a pointer to the paint engine used for drawing on the device.
boolean	paintingActive() Returns true if the device is currently being painted on, i.
int	physicalDpiX() Returns the horizontal resolution of the device in dots per inch.
int	physicalDpiY() Returns the horizontal resolution of the device in dots per inch.
boolean	play(QPainter p) Replays the picture using painter, and returns true if successful; otherwise returns false.
void	readFrom(QDataStream arg__1) Reads a QPicture
boolean	save(QIODevice dev) This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience.
boolean	save(java.lang.String fileName) Saves a picture to the file specified by fileName and returns true if successful; otherwise returns false.
void	setBoundingRect(QRect r) Sets the picture's bounding rectangle to r.
void	setData(byte[] data) Sets the picture data directly from data and size.
int	size() Returns the size of the picture data.
int	width() Returns the width of the paint device in default coordinate system units (e.
int	widthMM() Returns the width of the paint device in millimeters.
void	writeTo(QDataStream arg__1) Writes thisQPicture

Methods inherited from class com.trolltech.qt.QtJambiObject

dispose, disposed, equals, finalize, reassignNativeResources, tr, tr, tr

Methods inherited from class com.trolltech.qt.QSignalEmitter

blockSignals, disconnect, disconnect, signalsBlocked, signalSender, thread

Methods inherited from class com.trolltech.qt.internal.QSignalEmitterInternal

__qt_signalInitialization

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface com.trolltech.qt.QtJambiInterface

disableGarbageCollection, nativeId, nativePointer, reenableGarbageCollection, setJavaOwnership

Constructor Detail

QPicture

public QPicture(QPicture arg__1)

Constructs a copy of pic.

This constructor is fast thanks to implicit sharing.

QPicture

public QPicture()

Constructs an empty picture.

The formatVersion parameter may be used to create a QPicture that can be read by applications that are compiled with earlier versions of Qt.

Note that the default formatVersion is -1 which signifies the current release, i.e. for Qt 4.0 a formatVersion of 7 is the same as the default formatVersion of -1.

Reading pictures generated by earlier versions of Qt is not supported in Qt 4.0.

QPicture

public QPicture(int formatVersion)

Constructs an empty picture.

The formatVersion parameter may be used to create a QPicture that can be read by applications that are compiled with earlier versions of Qt.

Note that the default formatVersion is -1 which signifies the current release, i.e. for Qt 4.0 a formatVersion of 7 is the same as the default formatVersion of -1.

Reading pictures generated by earlier versions of Qt is not supported in Qt 4.0.

Method Detail

boundingRect

public final QRect boundingRect()

Returns the picture's bounding rectangle or an invalid rectangle if the picture contains no data.

See also:

setBoundingRect().

depth

public final int depth()

Returns the bit depth (number of bit planes) of the paint device.

Specified by:

depth in interface QPaintDeviceInterface

height

public final int height()

Returns the height of the paint device in default coordinate system units (e. . pixels for QPixmap and QWidget).

See also:

heightMM().

Specified by:

height in interface QPaintDeviceInterface

heightMM

public final int heightMM()

Returns the height of the paint device in millimeters.

See also:

height().

Specified by:

heightMM in interface QPaintDeviceInterface

isNull

public final boolean isNull()

Returns true if the picture contains no data; otherwise returns false.

logicalDpiX

public final int logicalDpiX()

Returns the horizontal resolution of the device in dots per inch, which is used when computing font sizes. For X11, this is usually the same as could be computed from widthMM().

Note that if the logicalDpiX() doesn't equal the physicalDpiX(), the corresponding QPaintEngine must handle the resolution mapping.

See also:

logicalDpiY(), and physicalDpiX().

Specified by:

logicalDpiX in interface QPaintDeviceInterface

logicalDpiY

public final int logicalDpiY()

Returns the vertical resolution of the device in dots per inch, which is used when computing font sizes. For X11, this is usually the same as could be computed from heightMM().

Note that if the logicalDpiY() doesn't equal the physicalDpiY(), the corresponding QPaintEngine must handle the resolution mapping.

See also:

logicalDpiX(), and physicalDpiY().

Specified by:

logicalDpiY in interface QPaintDeviceInterface

numColors

public final int numColors()

Returns the number of different colors available for the paint device. Since this value is an int, it will not be sufficient to represent the number of colors on 32 bit displays, in this case INT_MAX is returned instead.

Specified by:

numColors in interface QPaintDeviceInterface

writeTo

public final void writeTo(QDataStream arg__1)

Writes thisQPicture

readFrom

public final void readFrom(QDataStream arg__1)

Reads a QPicture

paintingActive

public final boolean paintingActive()

Returns true if the device is currently being painted on, i. . someone has called QPainter::begin() but not yet called QPainter::end() for this device; otherwise returns false.

See also:

QPainter::isActive().

Specified by:

paintingActive in interface QPaintDeviceInterface

physicalDpiX

public final int physicalDpiX()

Returns the horizontal resolution of the device in dots per inch. For example, when printing, this resolution refers to the physical printer's resolution. The logical DPI on the other hand, refers to the resolution used by the actual paint engine.

Note that if the physicalDpiX() doesn't equal the logicalDpiX(), the corresponding QPaintEngine must handle the resolution mapping.

See also:

physicalDpiY(), and logicalDpiX().

Specified by:

physicalDpiX in interface QPaintDeviceInterface

physicalDpiY

public final int physicalDpiY()

Returns the horizontal resolution of the device in dots per inch. For example, when printing, this resolution refers to the physical printer's resolution. The logical DPI on the other hand, refers to the resolution used by the actual paint engine.

Note that if the physicalDpiY() doesn't equal the logicalDpiY(), the corresponding QPaintEngine must handle the resolution mapping.

See also:

physicalDpiX(), and logicalDpiY().

Specified by:

physicalDpiY in interface QPaintDeviceInterface

play

public final boolean play(QPainter p)

Replays the picture using painter, and returns true if successful; otherwise returns false.

This function does exactly the same as QPainter::drawPicture() with (x, y) = (0, 0).

setBoundingRect

public final void setBoundingRect(QRect r)

Sets the picture's bounding rectangle to r. The automatically calculated value is overridden.

See also:

boundingRect().

size

public final int size()

Returns the size of the picture data.

See also:

data().

width

public final int width()

Returns the width of the paint device in default coordinate system units (e. . pixels for QPixmap and QWidget).

See also:

widthMM().

Specified by:

width in interface QPaintDeviceInterface

widthMM

public final int widthMM()

Returns the width of the paint device in millimeters.

See also:

width().

Specified by:

widthMM in interface QPaintDeviceInterface

metric

public int metric(QPaintDevice.PaintDeviceMetric m)

Returns the metric information for the given paint device metric.

See also:

PaintDeviceMetric .

Specified by:

metric in interface QPaintDeviceInterface

paintEngine

public QPaintEngine paintEngine()

Returns a pointer to the paint engine used for drawing on the device.

Specified by:

paintEngine in interface QPaintDeviceInterface

setData

public void setData(byte[] data)

Sets the picture data directly from data and size. This function copies the input data.

See also:

data(), and size().

load

public final boolean load(QIODevice dev)

This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. dev is the device used for loading.

load

public final boolean load(java.lang.String fileName)

Loads a picture from the file specified by fileName and returns true if successful; otherwise returns false.

save

public final boolean save(QIODevice dev)

This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience.

dev is the device to use for saving.

save

public final boolean save(java.lang.String fileName)

Saves a picture to the file specified by fileName and returns true if successful; otherwise returns false.

data

public final byte[] data()

Returns the picture data.

clone

public QPicture clone()

This method is reimplemented for internal reasons

Overrides:

clone in class java.lang.Object